"I think I can go faster tonight," said Leverenz. "I would like to be on Elizabeth's heels and not a few meters behind her. I'm pretty excited; all systems are go."

In today's morning preliminaries, UA and Ford Aquatics swimmers Marcus Titus, Kevin Cordes, Clark Burckle and Adam Ritter all advanced to the semifinals of that event tonight. The 100 breast stroke finals, for the top eight, will be Tuesday night.